by Associated Press Published: November 28,2012
Tags: commercial fisherman, commercial fishing, ecosystem, environment, federal agency, fishing, sea turtle, seafood, shrimp, trutle excluder device, turle, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — New regulations that would have forced shrimpers in the bays and marshes of the Gulf of Mexico to install devices on their nets to save endangered sea turtles have been scrapped by federal officials. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it is withdrawing plans by its fisheries service to require [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 12,2012
Tags: angl;er, angling, crappie, enironment, fish, fisherman, fishing, lake, outdoors, state agency, state park, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — If you’re fishing one of Mississippi’s 19 state-operated lakes this winter and you catch a crappie with a dark stripe running down its back, don’t worry. There’s nothing wrong with it. It’s a relatively new breed of fish known as a “Magnolia crappie” that state conservation officials have been experimenting with for [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 19,2012
Tags: beach, beach closure, disease, fish, fishing, health, illness, outdoors, public health, pump station, reopen, safety, sewage, sewage spill, sewer, sickness, state agency, swim, swimmer, swimming
BILOXI — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted a beach closure issued Oct. 13 in Biloxi. The closure extended for a section of beach from Mockingbird Lane on the west to Edgewater Drive on the east and included Beach Station 11A-Edgewater Beach. Last Saturday, the City of [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 15,2012
Tags: beach, contact, environment, fish, fishing, flood, flooding, health, hurricane, outdoors, outside, pollution, public health, rain, sewage, sewer, state agecny, storm, storm surge, swim, swimmer, swimming, tropical, Weather, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has lifted several post-Hurricane Isaac beach closures on the Coast, but issued a new one for a stretch of beach in Biloxi. MDEQ has lifted beach closures issued August 31 for the following monitoring stations in Hancock and Harrison counties: • Station 1 — [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 8,2012
Tags: city, ecosystem, environment, federal agency, fish, fishing, municipal government, municipality, pollution, public health, report, sewage, sewer, survey, swim, swimmer, swimming, treated, treatment, wastewater, wildlife
JACKSON — The city of Jackson released more than 2.8 billion gallons of minimally treated sewage — enough to fill four NFL stadiums — into the Pearl River system over the last four years, the Environmental Protection Agency says. Analysis of reports filed with the state Department of Environmental Quality indicate that Jackson bypassed treatment [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 8,2012
Tags: city, construction, contract, fish, fisherman, fishing, harbor, marina, municipal govertnment, municipality, outdoors, swim, swimmer, swimming, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, water, water sports
BAY ST. LOUIS — Officials have delayed for at least two weeks a decision on awarding a contract for a $21 million marina and harbor project. The Sea Coast Echo reports the bids for the harbor project were accepted six weeks ago. The low bidder was Gill’s Crane and Dozer Service of Slidell, La., with [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 24,2012
Tags: beach, contaminant, contamination, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, fish, fishing, flood, flooding, hurricane, natural disaster, Nature, outdoors, pollution, state agency, state government, storm, storm surge, swim, swimmer, swimming, tropical, water quality, Weather, wildlife, wind
HARRISON COUNTY and JACKSON COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has lifted numerous beach closures issued Aug. 31 in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac for monitoring stations in Harrison and Jackson counties. The reopened beaches in Harrison County are: • Station 8-Gulfport West — west end at Marie Avenue to the east end [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 20,2012
Tags: catch, commercial fisherman, commercial fishing, death, disaster, ecosystem, environment, explosion, fatality, fish, fishing, gasoline, natural gas, Nature, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, outdoors, petroleum, pollution, seafood, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — Fishing boats in the Gulf of Mexico hauled in more menhaden and other species last year compared with 2010, when millions of gallons of oil spewed from a blown well, according to a federal fisheries report. But it’s too early to rule out any long-term effects from the spill, said Roy [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 18,2012
Tags: commercial fishing, death, facility, fatality, federal agency, federal government, feed, fine, fish, fishing, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, penalty, plant, safety, violation, workplace
MOSS POINT — A federal safety agency has proposed fines of $79,200 for Omega Protein Inc. for 25 safety and health violations found after the death of a worker who got caught in a rotating screw conveyor. The Sun Herald reports the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its findings yesterday from an inspection in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 11,2012
Tags: board of supervisors, boat, boating, commission, county, fishing, government, harbor, lease, marina, outdoors, parking, recreation, restaurant, slip, supervisor, tourism, tourist, vacation, vacationer, visitor
OCEAN SPRINGS — Jackson County supervisors have approved a plan for the Harbor Commission to manage and lease parking and boat slips that will be created when the state removes a boat shed and restaurant from the county’s Ocean Springs Harbor. County leaders said the Department of Marine Resources will need to first remove the [...] [...]
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